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On the other hand, it is undesirable to
postpone the apprenticeship of the bar till old age:
for the fear of appearing in public grows daily and
the magnitude of the task on which we must venture
continually increases and we waste time deliberating
when we should begin, till we find it is too late to
begin at all. Consequently it is desirable that the
fruit of our studies should be brought before the
public eye while it is still fresh and sweet, while it
may hope for indulgence and be secure of a kindly
disposition in the audience, while boldness is not
unbecoming and youth compensates for all defects
and boyish extravagance is regarded as a sign of
natural vigour.
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